If you want to understand ancient Egypt, the Nile Delta is of key importance. Excavations and surveys in the Delta keep unearthing new information about how the ancient Egyptians lived, how they envisaged the afterlife and how they interacted with other cultures. The study of finds from the Delta gives us a glimpse into the beliefs and everyday life of the ancient Egyptians.From 1979 to 2014 Willem van Haarlem worked on several archaeological sites in the Nile Delta, focusing on the excavations at Tell Ibrahim Awad in the eastern Delta from 1991 onward. At the same time he was curator of Egyptian Antiquities at the Allard Pierson, the heritage collections of the University of Amsterdam. On the occasion of his retirement a number of archaeologists, Egyptologists and museum curators have written a series of short studies in his honour, varying from current excavation results from Delta sites to new or renewed research into museum objects from this region. This book offers a rich palette of subjects to scholars interested in Delta archaeology and above all provides hitherto unpublished materials from excavations and museum depots that will inspire the next generation of Nile Delta scholars.Contents:Preface and acknowledgementsWim Hupperetz and Ben van den BerckenBibliography Willem M. van HaarlemTabula gratulatoriaWillem van Haarlem, an appreciationManfred BietakTell el-Iswid. A predynastic settlement in the eastern DeltaBéatrix Midant-Reynes and Nathalie Buchez‘A curious feature was the presence of several ivory or bone rods.’ Ancient Mikado or something very different?Vincent BoeleAn unusual ripple-flaked knife from Cemetery U at Abydos/Umm el-QaabThomas HikadeForgotten Excavations, part IV. The first excavation season at Kufur Nigm/Ezbet el-Tell (1961)Aiman Ashmawy AliButo: towards a further investigation of the Old Kingdom?Clara Jeuthe and Rita HartmannFour notes on Tia and IurudefJacobus van DijkWorked mollusc remains from Qantir/PiramesseChiori KitagawaAn (un-)usual cooking pot from Qantir/PiramesseHenning FranzmeierDiversity in the Delta. Egyptian portraits of Persians in the Allard Pierson collectionGeralda Jurriaans-Helle and Laurien de GelderOnce again about the term nwGalina A. BelovaA glass ba bird in the Allard PiersonRené van BeekNeilos and EutheniaRobert Lunsingh ScheurleerA Ptolemaic king as Egyptian pharaohBranko F. van Oppen de RuiterRe-excavating Gheyta’s Roman-period cemetery. Some preliminary results on the recontextualisation of excavated artefactsBen van den Bercken